Carbon capture and storage
Powering progress
We seek to have access to an additional 25 million tonnes a year of carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity by 2035 – equal to 25 CCS facilities the size of our Quest site in Canada.
Shell’s ambition is to work with governments, customers and partners to unlock the potential for CCS to reduce emissions where there are no currently scalable low-carbon alternatives. In 2021, Shell's operating costs for and investment in CCS opportunities amounted to around $146 million.
By the end of 2021, our Quest CCS project in Canada (Shell interest 10%) had captured and safely stored more than 6.5 million tonnes of CO2 since it began operating in 2015. In Australia, the Gorgon CCS project (Shell interest 25%, operated by Chevron), which started operating in August 2019, had stored more than 5 million tonnes of CO2 by the end of 2021. Gorgon is the largest CCS operation in the world.
The Gorgon CCS system has presented some challenges, which resulted in a carbon injection shortfall. The operator continues to work with the regulator and the venture partners, including Shell, to make adjustments where needed. The JV announced the implementation of a package that includes greenhouse gas offset credits and investment in lower-carbon projects to compensate for the shortfall.
Read more about our CCS projects at www.shell.com/ccs.
Project |
CO2 source |
Country |
Shell involvement |
Shell interest |
Total capacity (100%), million tonnes per annum |
Shell-operated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCS projects in operation |
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Quest |
Bitumen upgrading |
Alberta, Canada |
Technical developer, |
10% |
1 mtpa |
Yes |
Gorgon |
CO2 in gas |
Australia |
JV partner |
25% |
Up to 4 mtpa |
No |
Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) test and research facility |
Gas-fired power, refining and chemical production |
Norway |
JV partner |
8.7% |
Test site |
No |
CCS projects under construction |
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Northern Lights (Phase 1) |
Industrial sources |
Norway |
JV partner |
33.3% |
1.5 mtpa |
No |
CCS projects pre-FID options |
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Acorn |
Industrial sources |
Scotland, UK |
Technical developer, |
30% |
Around 6 mtpa |
No |
Aramis |
Industrial sources |
Netherlands |
JV partner |
25% |
5 mtpa |
No – transport |
Northern Endurance Partnership |
Industrial sources |
Teesside and Humberside, UK |
JV partner |
TBC |
4 mtpa |
No |
Polaris |
Refining and chemical production |
Alberta, Canada |
Operator |
TBC |
0.75 mtpa |
Yes |
South Wales Industrial Cluster |
Industrial sources |
Wales, UK |
Operator |
TBC |
1.5 mtpa |
Yes |
Pernis CO2 capture (for transport and storage by the third-party Porthos project) |
Refining and chemical production |
Netherlands |
CO2 capture |
100% |
1.15 mtpa |
Yes – capture |
Pernis SPeCCS |
Refining and chemical production |
Netherlands |
CO2 capture |
100% |
0.5 mtpa |
TBC |
